ALUMNI NEWS A Message from the Alumni Association President
Class Notes
Use Your Roots to Soar My fellow alumni, The dictionary defines camaraderie as “a spirit of friendly good-fellowship.” During your time at Augustana, you likely developed great friendships with your roomates and classmates. But did you ever stop to think about how your Augustana roots have helped establish relationships for you after college? At the Metro Deaf School in St. Paul, Minn., eight Augustana alumni are working together to serve students and their parents. They are: Kelley (Lindell) Cole ‘85; Janet (Eisfeld) Caven ‘03; Trisha Beseman ‘11; Chris (Sorensen) Thiers ‘74; Cheri Piemeisl ‘05; Erik Queen ‘05; Heidi (Lukin) Ernst ‘05; and Julie (Keimig) Al-Rai ‘88. We had a chance to catch up with Kelley (Lindell) Cole, who says the Augustana bond she shares with her colleagues is a unique and special connection. “When you find out someone else is from Augie there’s an instant rapport – an instant connection. You know their roots; so you expect great things. We know that Augie ggrads will meet great expectionas and will measure up up. We know they’ll be great teachers,” she said. “It’s obv obvious the Augie Deaf Education program is i getting stronger and stronger because tthe new teachers who come here are so well-prepared. They know the deaf culture and their ASL skills are deve so developed.” Like Kelley, I feel the same way every ttime I’m lucky enough to work with a fellow Augustana graduate. The cconnection – the instant cama camaraderie we share – comes from r our roots. It’s something to be celeb celebrated, indeed. D you work with fellow Do Vik Vikings? If so, share your stories on augielink.com – we’d love to ni n he from you! hear na Alum and Erik Quee ugusta 4 rs ’7 ool A et eaf Sch and Jan sen) Thie Metro D W: Chris (Soren imig) Al-Rai ’88 meisl ’05 e O Pie BACK R D ROW: Julie (K D ROW: Cheri y (Lindell) N e ‘05. THIR aven ‘03. SECO IRST ROW: Kell C F (Eisfeld) a Beseman ‘11. Ernst ‘05. ) h and Tris nd Heidi (Lukin a 5 ’8 le o C
G Augie Go! Go C Corey Halstenson C Class of 1996
Holden Village Summer Program Planned Augustana alumni and friends are invited to Holden Village, summer, 2012. Campus Pastor Paul and Susan Rohde are teaching staff coordinators for the summer program. They have invited a number of Augustana’s great professors to teach in week-long sessions at the village. Teachers coming already include Dr. Sandra Looney, Dr. Richard Swanson, Dr. Christopher Stanichar, Dr. Janet and Ross Blank-Libra, Dr.
Laurie Jungling, and Dr. Darcy Rives-East. Founded as a copper mine, Holden has been a mountaintop Lutheran retreat center in the North Cascades of Washington state for 50 years. For information and registration, visit holdenvillage.org The Rohdes are sharing the coordination with Christian Scharen and Sonja Batalden of Luther Seminary.
To make a memorial gift, please send a personal check to the Development Office, 3rd Floor, Administration Building, 2001 S. Summit Ave., Sioux Falls, S.D., 57197. Please note the fund you are supporting. Or, make a gift online, at www.augielink.com/donate (Enter the gift amount in the “Other” field and just below, type in the name of the fund you are supporting).
40
The AUGUSTANA
Visit www.augielink.com for daily updates and photos.
THE
2000s
CLASS OF 2011 Trent Anderson and Shannon Cumiskey ‘10 were married on June 25, 2011. They live in Moorhead, Minn.
Joe Clark is playing professional football for the Marburg Mercenaries in Germany. Megan Doyle is an admission counselor at Augustana College. Rachel Hoogendoorn married Chase Kramer ‘08 on June 17, 2011. Rachel is working as a music teacher at St. Mary Elementary in Sioux Falls. They live in Sioux Falls. Bethany Jochim earned the Leroy Apker Award from the American Physical Society which recognizes outstanding achievements in physics by undergraduate students. Jenny Lockhart is a web journalist at Rocky Mountain College in Billings, Mont. Rebekah Neu is a business office assistant at Henkin Schultz Communication Arts in Sioux Falls. Maren Peterson started an internship at United Planet coordinating short term volunteer placements in Tanzania, Ghana and Romania. Joanna Qualm is the circulation assistant at Augustana’s Mikkelsen Library. Heidi Senst has been accepted at the Sanford School of Medicine at the University of South Dakota. Pearl Wigdahl is working as a registered nurse at Sanford Health in Birth Place/Gynecology. Megan Ziemek is a math teacher at Canton High School. CLASS OF 2010 Shannon Cumiskey and Trent Anderson ‘11 were married on June 25, 2011. They live in Moorhead, Minn. Kendra Gottsleben is the social media coordinator for the Sanford School of Medicine/USD Center for Disabilities in Sioux Falls. Marie Halverson has taken a position as marketing program coordinator at Cerner Corporation in Kansas City, Mo. Bryan Kaemingk and Bethany Zogg were married on June 11, 2011. Bryan is in graduate school and Bethany will be starting medical school. They live in Grand Forks, N.D. Nicole Winkler is working as an actuarial analyst at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida in Jacksonville, Fla. CLASS OF 2009 Charlie Bahnson is attending veterinary school at Iowa State. Justine Lueth is the marketing coordinator for Augustana’s Office of Marketing and Communications. Rachel McAllister is teaching art at Discovery Elementary and Memorial Middle School in Sioux Falls.